Syria receives one million more anti Covid vaccine doses from China
DAMASCUS, Jan.3, (ST)-Syria received on Monday 1.000.000 more doses of anti-coronavirus vaccine from China, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).
The agency reported that the Ministry of Health received one million doses of anti-corona vaccine and laboratory equipment from China with the aim of helping Syria to fight the pandemic.
The agency quoted the Minister of Health Hassan Ghabbash as saying to reporters that the vaccines and the laboratory equipment support the health sector in Syria in fighting the pandemic and reflect the Chinese leadership’s keenness on enhancing relations with Syria in different fields.
For his part, China’s Ambassador in Damascus Feng Biao declared that his country exerts every possible effort to back the global response to fight Coronavirus and achieve a bigger international cooperation in this regard.
He regretted that some western countries do not support the efforts of delivering vaccines to all countries, asserting that the United States and western countries practice hypocrisy with respect to human rights.
On the 14th of November, 2021, Syria received 500.000 doses of Chinese Anti-Covid Sinopharm vaccine as a third batch sent by China.
The total number of infections detected in the country till now has reached 50337 , of which 32.761 have recovered, while the fatalities have amounted to 2905”, the Ministry said in a statement released yesterday.
Basma Qaddour